"In space, without Internet access, it's pretty clear that the AV software will not be kept up to date.".. i think that's an incorrect assumption, normally, they do have internet connections, so, it could easily be kept up to date. until of course, the virus brought down their internet connection, which is no different than what could happen here.
I tested myself.. not safe. My home router is a linksys. but linksys isn't listed in the vendors. hmm, i guess that means they simply haven't patched it yet? doesn't cisco own linksys? maybe i should talk to cisco.
it wasn't Afghanistan, al-qaeda, or osama bin laden either. Here's some quotes, but i'm sure you know all this already right?
Who were the perpetrators? a. Much of the evidence establishing who did the crime is dubious and miraculous: bags full of incriminating material that happened to miss the flight or were left in a van; the "magic passport" of an alleged hijacker, found at Ground Zero; documents found at motels where the alleged perpetrators had stayed days and weeks before 9/11. b. The identities of the alleged hijackers remain unresolved, there are contradictions in official accounts of their actions and travels, and there is evidence several of them had "doubles," all of which is omitted from official investigations. c. What happened to initial claims by the government that 50 people involved in the attacks had been identified, including the 19 alleged hijackers, with 10 still at large (suggesting that 20 had been apprehended)? http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-worldtrade-50suspects,0,1825231.story
THE 9/11 COVER-UP, 2001-2006 Who Is Osama Bin Ladin? a. Who judges which of the many conflicting and dubious statements and videos attributed to Osama Bin Ladin are genuine, and which are fake? The most important Osama Bin Ladin video (Nov. 2001), in which he supposedly confesses to masterminding 9/11, appears to be a fake. In any event, the State Department''s translation of it is fraudulent. b. Did Osama Bin Ladin visit Dubai and meet a CIA agent in July 2001 (Le Figaro)? Was he receiving dialysis in a Pakistani military hospital on the night of September 10, 2001 (CBS)? c. Whether by Bush or Clinton: Why is Osama always allowed to escape? d. The terror network associated with Osama, known as the "data base" (al-Qaeda), originated in the CIA-sponsored 1980s anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan. When did this network stop serving as an asset to covert operations by US intelligence and allied agencies? What were its operatives doing in Kosovo, Bosnia and Chechnya in the years prior to 9/11?
All the Signs of a Systematic 9/11 Cover-up a. Airplane black boxes were found at Ground Zero, according to two first responders and an unnamed NTSB official, but they were "disappeared" and their existence is denied in The 9/11 Commission Report. b. US officials consistently suppressed and destroyed evidence (like the tapes recorded by air traffic controllers who handled the New York flights). c. Whistleblowers (like Sibel Edmonds and Anthony Shaffer) were intimidated, gagged and sanctioned, sending a clear signal to others who might be thinking about speaking out. d. Officials who "failed" (like Myers and Eberhard, as well as Frasca, Maltbie and Bowman of the FBI) were given promotions.
Poisoning New York The White House deliberately pressured the EPA into giving false public assurances that the toxic air at Ground Zero was safe to breathe. This knowingly contributed to an as-yet unknown number of health cases and fatalities, and demonstrates that the administration does consider the lives of American citizens to be expendable on behalf of certain interests.
Anthrax Mailings of weapons-grade anthrax - which caused a practical suspension of the 9/11 investigations - were traced back to US military stock. Soon after the attacks began in October 2001, the FBI approved the destruction of the original samples of the Ames strain, disposing of perhaps the most important evidence in identifying the source of the pathogens used in the mailings. Were the anthrax attacks timed to coincide with the Afghanistan invasion? Why were the letters sent only to media figures and to the leaders of the opposition in the Senate (who had just raised objections to the USA PATRIOT Act)?
The Stonewall a. Colin Powell promised a "white paper" from the State Department to establish the authorship of the attacks by al-Qaeda. This was never forthcoming, and was
how long till the next 9-11? why don't you ask the people who planned it?
it sure wasn't Iraq, or Iran! Iraq has no capability to attack the US, this was known then and is known now.
* On weapons of mass destruction overall? "Generally substantiated by FALSE intelligence information.". (fixed that for you)
There is no evidence that Saddam Hussein possessed WMD. Available evidence leaves open the possibility that some weapons existed in Iraq although not of a militarily significant capability.
They made up lies and based a case for war on them. they lost that case and went to war anyway. substantiated by intelligence? can it even be called intelligence, when it's wrong, deliberately? why don't we call it what it is, stupidity, bald faced lying, and greed.
then bush can change his opening remarks at the impeachment trial to "your honor, my decisions were substantiated by the least credible most biased sources of stupidity i could find."
funny that an impeachment can't happen in an election year, what a pity. you'd think that'd be the best time, if Kucinich was on the ballot he'd get my vote! That's the clincher for Obama, he should bring his own impeachment against Bush.
How embarrassing to have accidentally pasted a link to a blog about windows 95 and the rolling stones, ouch.. paste carefully, there are penguins lurking around here.
what i'd like to know is, were these things discovered in comments, or actual code?
i've used some amusing code like: itBroke = true; but that still communicates something useful to me, (it indicates an unrecoverable error condition)
plus then i could write: (itBroke) ? fixIt() : dontFixIt();//(if it ain't broke don't fix it)
naming a class HillaryClinton is just ridiculous. I wonder if there are variables named intCheatCount in the diebold software?
currently i am working on a section of code littered with ninja references in the comments though, that is fine, and lightens up my day a little.//really the only time this will be ran is when the actions are dis-approved.//but....... we gota check it just to be sure ninjas are not in the computer trying to//screw things up.....//why? because it's more l337 and it saves space. Gee. Man. Aw come on! GO NINJA GO!//it cannot get above 26. if Value is above 26, turn into aa, ab, ac, etc. like clockninja.
SINGAPORE - March 24, 2008 - Creative Technology Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today announced that the Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a buyer for the proposed sale and leaseback of the Creative Resource building, which houses the corporate headquarters of the Company and its subsidiaries in Singapore.
The sale price for this proposed transaction is S$250 million (US$180 million), with a leaseback of the whole building for a period of five years with an option for additional periods of three and two years.
The proposed sale and leaseback transaction is conditional upon and subject to certain conditions, including but not limited to, satisfactory completion of legal and building due diligence by the purchaser, the Company's shareholders' approval of the transaction, and applicable regulatory approvals.
The proposed sale of the property constitutes a major transaction under Rule 1006 of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited Listing Manual and accordingly is subject to shareholders' approval at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company (EGM) to be convened at a later date. A circular to the Company's shareholders, together with notice of the EGM, will be dispatched to shareholders in due course. The circular will contain more details of the proposed transaction.
The proposed transaction is expected to be completed by the end of June 2008.
Creative expects to make a gain on sale of the property of about S$200 million (US$144 million) from this transaction. In accordance with US GAAP, this amount will be treated as a deferred gain and will be amortised and recognised in the Company's Income Statements over the lease term of five years...
hahahha
i figured this was coming years ago, went to M-audio instead. rock solid drivers, no bullshit. i will NEVER buy another creative product. and if any of you are still thinkin about it, consider where the company is going. they were good, they got richer, and then they started to suck. now they are about to fold.. if you are still thinking your going to get good drivers/support/products from creative, you have something wrong with your bullshit detector.
I find it entirely possible that two interstellar bodies can find equilibrium between each other. not just possible, but in fact, normal I bet we will find more of them now that we are looking.
like two parts of any system of any size, they can exist in harmony, if there is balance. this balance is all part of the natural world, and it's ludicrous to think that us puny humans can even comprehend most of these things yet. there are entangled photons, entangled souls, and now we have entangled solar systems, what more connections will we find?
i've always thought it rather encouraging that solar systems look like atoms.
FWIW: up here in canada, we usually have 2 ILECs to choose from, either shaw, or telus.
both are "broadband" but telus does a terrible job of providing good internet speed over the POTS lines.
on the other hand, shaw does a DECENT job, much nicer customer service, faster speeds, less restrictive policies, and no contracts required (telus forces you into a 3 yr contract)
the downside? neither of these is suitable for full screen video, voip, internetTV, or even streaming internet radio at good quality to a decent amount of users. if you want that, you gotta go to the university or library with their T1s and T3s.
there may be other "options" but as far as i'm concerned, wireless, satellite, wimax, wireless hotspot wardriving etc. are unreliable and only useful in a pinch. I want a wire into my house dammit! and right now, the wires ain't fast enough, and still cost far too much.
it is my personal opinion that anything costing an individual consumer more than $40-$50 a month is an "option" only for business, schools, govts etc. i used to be able to experience everything the internet had to offer for $14.95 a month. Now, i can only experience half of what the internet can offer, and it costs me $50 a month, what gives? prices have more than doubled, policies have gotten more restrictive, WASTED bandwidth has increased (due to spam, ads, updates, etc.), and after large infusions of taxpayer money, capacity has barely increased? come on you bastards, keep your promise!
just letting you know, the situation ain't that much better up here in Canada. (but at least our telcos go to bat for us and don't give up customer records as easily as US ISPs do).
can you please elaborate on what ILEC FTTP and FTTN mean? sorry, i don't feel like RTing the FM today, you seem to know what your talking about, i'm curious how this is developing, any more information would be great.
first it will be available on windows for geeks
then it will be available for windows as a standard option
then, they will make it default for new instalations, or turn it on by default in a service pack.
panic will start, as morons everywhere find out that their internets don't work
roughly 3 months later, the smart morons will have switched ipv6 off and ipv4 back on so they can continue working
but eventually ms will "depreciate" support for ipv4 (by this time, the ISP portion of the net will have to be done updating it's stuff too)
then and only then, will people move to ipv6
why isn't there a business case for anyone to move to ipv6?
cuz microsoft hasn't made it "standard" yet, businesses can still reach their customers so they don't give a shit.
incidentally, i don't give a shit, or want ipv6 either. i'll resist as long as i can. why?
i LIKE ipV4. it WORKS. i'm sure it's a pain for all you server ops, but for me, having one, two, or ten computers hooked up through NAT is not so bad, at least i know how to work with it. they say ipv6 is more secure.. to be honest, i don't understand the technical details, but something tells me complexity!=security. also, that it's clear to see that not all the settings will be available to the average user. (ie one that doesn't open his settings dialog till things stop working) love it or hate it, it's the truth, and why the hell shouldn't it be?
Marketing is supposed to make you spend money you wouldn't have otherwise spent?
No, marketings purpose is simply to get you to buy a given product. Whether or not you'd have bought that product or a similar one is irrelevant, the purpose is to increase the chance that you buy that particular one, contributing to the revenue of that company who is producing the widget.
Some advertisements use emotional manipulation. Some are informational, aesthetic, logical, or price based. It's a big competitive soup of screaming focussed on getting one thing, YOUR dollar.
I have a few dollars, some expendable, and I am willing to part with them for the right thing, stuff I would have bought anyway, as well as new and innovative products that I gotta have. For me it's DJ gear and music, for some it's antique art.
Personally, I mind LESS if the ads are targeted to me. and there is a better chance I might actually buy some of the ads i have "opted in" for. Unlike the mass advertisements, for example, McDonalds, who waste millions on advertising and will never convince me to buy another hamburger, I don't fall for their crass bullshit. 100% Beef my Ass!
Ads are here to stay, they suck for the most part, but they power the finances that drive the web, so we can't get rid of all of them. Click an ad for something you support today!
(and put a bunch of people you don't into your host file);)
While the interviewer doesn't exactly seem like she pegged him to the wall, I would have loved to hear the audiences questions and reactions. If she did worse in the interview, than the in the post mortem, it'd be funny on it's own.
I'd have liked to have seen zuckberg's reaction too, I wonder if he ever deletes peoples accounts just for spite.
Come on, someone has to have recorded this on a cellphone or something?
I see, you must have really worked in the industry then.
Fact is, there is a reason that defaults are used, and that they are attacked: simplicity.
Simplicity is also responsible for many deliberate "loosening" of security reasons, most commonly in development to "get it working", then, a thought is put to beefing up security later.
a good thing? certainly not.
what's going to keep happening? certainly.
i'd have liked to see the look on someones face when the first piece of malicious traffic ever traversed the internet. it'd look like this:
>:(
shit. i never thought someone would do that. dammit.
30 years later and the same stuff is still happening, is anyone surprised?
Out of curiosity, does anyone know the specifics on when the first "malicious" packet was sent? this seems like the right place to ask..
from where to where, and from whom to whom?
Slashdot Mirror
quit whining, up here in british columbia canada we pay 14.5% on everything. oh, want booze or cigarettes or gas? tack on another 20%
"In space, without Internet access, it's pretty clear that the AV software will not be kept up to date." .. i think that's an incorrect assumption, normally, they do have internet connections, so, it could easily be kept up to date. until of course, the virus brought down their internet connection, which is no different than what could happen here.
Who doesn't want to see the "Steroid Olympics".
it'd be sad, but awesome.
NOW, it's slashdottted :)
yep, he removed it.
but, it's still available here: http://www.dipity.com/user/tatercakes/timeline/Internet_Memes_1/
let the slashdotting continue!
+10 hilarious!
I tested myself.. not safe. My home router is a linksys. but linksys isn't listed in the vendors. hmm, i guess that means they simply haven't patched it yet? doesn't cisco own linksys? maybe i should talk to cisco.
it wasn't Afghanistan, al-qaeda, or osama bin laden either. Here's some quotes, but i'm sure you know all this already right?
Who were the perpetrators?
a. Much of the evidence establishing who did the crime is dubious and miraculous: bags full of incriminating material that happened to miss the flight or were left in a van; the "magic passport" of an alleged hijacker, found at Ground Zero; documents found at motels where the alleged perpetrators had stayed days and weeks before 9/11.
b. The identities of the alleged hijackers remain unresolved, there are contradictions in official accounts of their actions and travels, and there is evidence several of them had "doubles," all of which is omitted from official investigations.
c. What happened to initial claims by the government that 50 people involved in the attacks had been identified, including the 19 alleged hijackers, with 10 still at large (suggesting that 20 had been apprehended)? http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-worldtrade-50suspects,0,1825231.story
THE 9/11 COVER-UP, 2001-2006
Who Is Osama Bin Ladin?
a. Who judges which of the many conflicting and dubious statements and videos attributed to Osama Bin Ladin are genuine, and which are fake? The most important Osama Bin Ladin video (Nov. 2001), in which he supposedly confesses to masterminding 9/11, appears to be a fake. In any event, the State Department''s translation of it is fraudulent.
b. Did Osama Bin Ladin visit Dubai and meet a CIA agent in July 2001 (Le Figaro)? Was he receiving dialysis in a Pakistani military hospital on the night of September 10, 2001 (CBS)?
c. Whether by Bush or Clinton: Why is Osama always allowed to escape?
d. The terror network associated with Osama, known as the "data base" (al-Qaeda), originated in the CIA-sponsored 1980s anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan. When did this network stop serving as an asset to covert operations by US intelligence and allied agencies? What were its operatives doing in Kosovo, Bosnia and Chechnya in the years prior to 9/11?
All the Signs of a Systematic 9/11 Cover-up
a. Airplane black boxes were found at Ground Zero, according to two first responders and an unnamed NTSB official, but they were "disappeared" and their existence is denied in The 9/11 Commission Report.
b. US officials consistently suppressed and destroyed evidence (like the tapes recorded by air traffic controllers who handled the New York flights).
c. Whistleblowers (like Sibel Edmonds and Anthony Shaffer) were intimidated, gagged and sanctioned, sending a clear signal to others who might be thinking about speaking out.
d. Officials who "failed" (like Myers and Eberhard, as well as Frasca, Maltbie and Bowman of the FBI) were given promotions.
Poisoning New York
The White House deliberately pressured the EPA into giving false public assurances that the toxic air at Ground Zero was safe to breathe. This knowingly contributed to an as-yet unknown number of health cases and fatalities, and demonstrates that the administration does consider the lives of American citizens to be expendable on behalf of certain interests.
Anthrax
Mailings of weapons-grade anthrax - which caused a practical suspension of the 9/11 investigations - were traced back to US military stock. Soon after the attacks began in October 2001, the FBI approved the destruction of the original samples of the Ames strain, disposing of perhaps the most important evidence in identifying the source of the pathogens used in the mailings. Were the anthrax attacks timed to coincide with the Afghanistan invasion? Why were the letters sent only to media figures and to the leaders of the opposition in the Senate (who had just raised objections to the USA PATRIOT Act)?
The Stonewall
a. Colin Powell promised a "white paper" from the State Department to establish the authorship of the attacks by al-Qaeda. This was never forthcoming, and was
how long till the next 9-11? why don't you ask the people who planned it?
it sure wasn't Iraq, or Iran! Iraq has no capability to attack the US, this was known then and is known now.
* On weapons of mass destruction overall? "Generally substantiated by FALSE intelligence information.".
(fixed that for you)
There is no evidence that Saddam Hussein possessed WMD. Available evidence leaves open the possibility that some weapons existed in Iraq although not of a militarily significant capability.
They made up lies and based a case for war on them. they lost that case and went to war anyway. substantiated by intelligence? can it even be called intelligence, when it's wrong, deliberately? why don't we call it what it is, stupidity, bald faced lying, and greed.
then bush can change his opening remarks at the impeachment trial to
"your honor, my decisions were substantiated by the least credible most biased sources of stupidity i could find."
funny that an impeachment can't happen in an election year, what a pity. you'd think that'd be the best time, if Kucinich was on the ballot he'd get my vote! That's the clincher for Obama, he should bring his own impeachment against Bush.
it's completely unfair to compare bush to a mass murderer.
no petty mass murderer has ever been responsible for the deaths of so many innocent people.
How embarrassing to have accidentally pasted a link to a blog about windows 95 and the rolling stones, ouch..
paste carefully, there are penguins lurking around here.
Article Summary states "Four single-photon detectors are usually required (these cost $20K to $50K each)"
sounds expensive.
except, the real article states: "Bob uses four single-photon detectors, costing approximately $5,000-$20,000 each."
still pretty expensive, but it sounds like you could have a working one of these for only 10k in detectors!
have you heard of "the internet"
it's a nice way to be able to talk to the whole world without actually needing servers all over the place.
what i'd like to know is, were these things discovered in comments, or actual code?
//(if it ain't broke don't fix it)
//really the only time this will be ran is when the actions are dis-approved. //but....... we gota check it just to be sure ninjas are not in the computer trying to //screw things up. .... //why? because it's more l337 and it saves space. Gee. Man. Aw come on! GO NINJA GO! //it cannot get above 26. if Value is above 26, turn into aa, ab, ac, etc. like clockninja.
i've used some amusing code like:
itBroke = true;
but that still communicates something useful to me, (it indicates an unrecoverable error condition)
plus then i could write:
(itBroke) ? fixIt() : dontFixIt();
naming a class HillaryClinton is just ridiculous. I wonder if there are variables named intCheatCount in the diebold software?
currently i am working on a section of code littered with ninja references in the comments though, that is fine, and lightens up my day a little.
sheesh.
standing up for our rights is the answer. unfortunately, corporations listen only to once voice, money, so hit them where it hurts.
Cancel your internet, refuse to pay your bills... boohoo, then you won't have internet? you won't have internet anyway, if they get their way.
http://www.creative.com/corporate/pressroom/releases/welcome.asp?pid=12910
CREATIVE SIGNS MOU FOR THE PROPOSED SALE AND LEASEBACK OF ITS HEADQUARTERS BUILDING - CREATIVE RESOURCE FOR $250 MILLION
SINGAPORE - March 24, 2008 - Creative Technology Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today announced that the Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a buyer for the proposed sale and leaseback of the Creative Resource building, which houses the corporate headquarters of the Company and its subsidiaries in Singapore.
The sale price for this proposed transaction is S$250 million (US$180 million), with a leaseback of the whole building for a period of five years with an option for additional periods of three and two years.
The proposed sale and leaseback transaction is conditional upon and subject to certain conditions, including but not limited to, satisfactory completion of legal and building due diligence by the purchaser, the Company's shareholders' approval of the transaction, and applicable regulatory approvals.
The proposed sale of the property constitutes a major transaction under Rule 1006 of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited Listing Manual and accordingly is subject to shareholders' approval at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company (EGM) to be convened at a later date. A circular to the Company's shareholders, together with notice of the EGM, will be dispatched to shareholders in due course. The circular will contain more details of the proposed transaction.
The proposed transaction is expected to be completed by the end of June 2008.
Creative expects to make a gain on sale of the property of about S$200 million (US$144 million) from this transaction. In accordance with US GAAP, this amount will be treated as a deferred gain and will be amortised and recognised in the Company's Income Statements over the lease term of five years...
hahahha
i figured this was coming years ago, went to M-audio instead. rock solid drivers, no bullshit. i will NEVER buy another creative product. and if any of you are still thinkin about it, consider where the company is going. they were good, they got richer, and then they started to suck. now they are about to fold.. if you are still thinking your going to get good drivers/support/products from creative, you have something wrong with your bullshit detector.
eh? couldn't hear you, i was tuned into the universe maaaaan.
I find it entirely possible that two interstellar bodies can find equilibrium between each other. not just possible, but in fact, normal I bet we will find more of them now that we are looking.
like two parts of any system of any size, they can exist in harmony, if there is balance. this balance is all part of the natural world, and it's ludicrous to think that us puny humans can even comprehend most of these things yet. there are entangled photons, entangled souls, and now we have entangled solar systems, what more connections will we find?
i've always thought it rather encouraging that solar systems look like atoms.
thanks!
FWIW: up here in canada, we usually have 2 ILECs to choose from, either shaw, or telus.
both are "broadband" but telus does a terrible job of providing good internet speed over the POTS lines.
on the other hand, shaw does a DECENT job, much nicer customer service, faster speeds, less restrictive policies, and no contracts required (telus forces you into a 3 yr contract)
the downside? neither of these is suitable for full screen video, voip, internetTV, or even streaming internet radio at good quality to a decent amount of users. if you want that, you gotta go to the university or library with their T1s and T3s.
there may be other "options" but as far as i'm concerned, wireless, satellite, wimax, wireless hotspot wardriving etc. are unreliable and only useful in a pinch. I want a wire into my house dammit! and right now, the wires ain't fast enough, and still cost far too much.
it is my personal opinion that anything costing an individual consumer more than $40-$50 a month is an "option" only for business, schools, govts etc. i used to be able to experience everything the internet had to offer for $14.95 a month. Now, i can only experience half of what the internet can offer, and it costs me $50 a month, what gives? prices have more than doubled, policies have gotten more restrictive, WASTED bandwidth has increased (due to spam, ads, updates, etc.), and after large infusions of taxpayer money, capacity has barely increased? come on you bastards, keep your promise!
just letting you know, the situation ain't that much better up here in Canada. (but at least our telcos go to bat for us and don't give up customer records as easily as US ISPs do).
can you please elaborate on what ILEC FTTP and FTTN mean? sorry, i don't feel like RTing the FM today, you seem to know what your talking about, i'm curious how this is developing, any more information would be great.
first it will be available on windows for geeks then it will be available for windows as a standard option then, they will make it default for new instalations, or turn it on by default in a service pack. panic will start, as morons everywhere find out that their internets don't work roughly 3 months later, the smart morons will have switched ipv6 off and ipv4 back on so they can continue working but eventually ms will "depreciate" support for ipv4 (by this time, the ISP portion of the net will have to be done updating it's stuff too) then and only then, will people move to ipv6 why isn't there a business case for anyone to move to ipv6? cuz microsoft hasn't made it "standard" yet, businesses can still reach their customers so they don't give a shit. incidentally, i don't give a shit, or want ipv6 either. i'll resist as long as i can. why? i LIKE ipV4. it WORKS. i'm sure it's a pain for all you server ops, but for me, having one, two, or ten computers hooked up through NAT is not so bad, at least i know how to work with it. they say ipv6 is more secure.. to be honest, i don't understand the technical details, but something tells me complexity!=security. also, that it's clear to see that not all the settings will be available to the average user. (ie one that doesn't open his settings dialog till things stop working) love it or hate it, it's the truth, and why the hell shouldn't it be?
Marketing is supposed to make you spend money you wouldn't have otherwise spent?
;)
No, marketings purpose is simply to get you to buy a given product. Whether or not you'd have bought that product or a similar one is irrelevant, the purpose is to increase the chance that you buy that particular one, contributing to the revenue of that company who is producing the widget.
Some advertisements use emotional manipulation. Some are informational, aesthetic, logical, or price based. It's a big competitive soup of screaming focussed on getting one thing, YOUR dollar.
I have a few dollars, some expendable, and I am willing to part with them for the right thing, stuff I would have bought anyway, as well as new and innovative products that I gotta have. For me it's DJ gear and music, for some it's antique art.
Personally, I mind LESS if the ads are targeted to me. and there is a better chance I might actually buy some of the ads i have "opted in" for. Unlike the mass advertisements, for example, McDonalds, who waste millions on advertising and will never convince me to buy another hamburger, I don't fall for their crass bullshit. 100% Beef my Ass!
Ads are here to stay, they suck for the most part, but they power the finances that drive the web, so we can't get rid of all of them. Click an ad for something you support today!
(and put a bunch of people you don't into your host file)
While the interviewer doesn't exactly seem like she pegged him to the wall, I would have loved to hear the audiences questions and reactions. If she did worse in the interview, than the in the post mortem, it'd be funny on it's own. I'd have liked to have seen zuckberg's reaction too, I wonder if he ever deletes peoples accounts just for spite. Come on, someone has to have recorded this on a cellphone or something?
I see, you must have really worked in the industry then. Fact is, there is a reason that defaults are used, and that they are attacked: simplicity. Simplicity is also responsible for many deliberate "loosening" of security reasons, most commonly in development to "get it working", then, a thought is put to beefing up security later. a good thing? certainly not. what's going to keep happening? certainly. i'd have liked to see the look on someones face when the first piece of malicious traffic ever traversed the internet. it'd look like this: >:( shit. i never thought someone would do that. dammit. 30 years later and the same stuff is still happening, is anyone surprised? Out of curiosity, does anyone know the specifics on when the first "malicious" packet was sent? this seems like the right place to ask.. from where to where, and from whom to whom?